Project Controls Specialist

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About exp

With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, exp provides professional, technical and strategic advisory services related to the world's built and natural environments in six key practice areas: Buildings, Earth & Environment, Energy, Industrial, Infrastructure, and Sustainability. Our heritage dates back to 1928, and today more than 3,400 creative professionals across North America and the globe provide the expertise and experience needed to deliver successful projects for clients. For more information, visit www.exp.com

The Challenge

We are seeking an individual for our Houston, TX office responsible for project controls on small- to medium-sized projects and ensure all project phases are documented appropriately with regard to exps project controls standard and project controls management plan.

Principle Areas Of Responsibility

The Project Controls Specialist will act as the primary point of contact for all internal project controls functions on assigned projects. This role will also include interaction with client firms, and outside vendors to ensure contractual terms are being adhered to and for progress and cost information in alignment with the expected execution strategy.

The position will be expected to learn and help foster the Project Life Cycle methodology, and to execute projects using these philosophies.

This position reports to the Project Controls Manager and may take lead on smaller projects.

Duties Included But Not Limited To

• Compile project status reports, coordinate project schedules, costs, and identify and resolve project services problems.

• To assist in ensuring that capital projects are completed on time and within approved budget. This is supported by following Project Life Cycle and other exp standards.

• Ensure both internal and external adherence to the Project Control Procedures and reporting structures.

• Identify and analyze project requirements and assist PM to define project scope, deliverables, and cost.

• Track vendor compliance with the terms of the contract or purchase order

• Lead, coordinate and facilitate interactive planning sessions at each phase of the project to assist in overall project plan development and update.

• Will lead all analysis associated with any supplemental spending requests.

• Responsible for internal tracking and adherence to contract and PO payment terms.

• Responsible for spearheading opening of project in Deltek.

• Assist PM and team members in aligning project WBS and cost estimate; prepare associated supporting documents.

• Prepare an earned value analysis for each assigned capital project

• Work with PM to forecast project spend curve.

• Develop, maintain, and progress project schedule.

• Track project costs and forecast project spend curve through completion.

• Maintain and update the overall project plan at all levels of planning for assigned projects; develop and maintain the WBS for consistency of data and reporting.

• Assist in identifying/monitoring project risks

• Maintain and update the communications and reporting networks for data gathering, review, analysis and presentation of recommendations to ensure the project remains on schedule and within budget.

• Monitor and track project change requests and report on cost deviations and trends

• Orchestrate and validate contract change requests per the Management of Change Procedure.

• Assist in closing out projects and transfer of relevant information to accounting and operations.

• Attend project and stakeholder meetings.

• As required, present project status to management and present go-forward, mitigation strategies.

• Participate in Peer reviews and lessons learned as needed.

The Skills, Knowledge, And Abilities We Seek

• Bachelors degree in Business, Engineering or equivalent

• 5-7 plus years work experience

• Proficient in MS Excel, Word

• Relevant experience in the Oil and Gas Industry

• Experience with contracts

• 3+ years project control experience within an Owner / Operator capacity (Upstream and Midstream).

• Proficient in MS Access, MS Projects, Primavera

• Construction experience

Test & Exams

• Successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check.

• Successful completion of a pre-employment drivers history check.

• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test.